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4 July 2018

Catholic sex abuse: 'Guilty priest ignored my story for decades'

Australian archbishop Philip Wilson has become the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church to be convicted of covering up sex abuse. On Tuesday, the archbishop of Adelaide was given a maximum sentence of 12 months in detention. A victim of that concealed abuse tells the BBC how his story was ignored more than 40 years ago - and the destruction that caused.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-australia-44692516/catholic-sex-abuse-guilty-priest-ignored-my-story-for-decades#